Plus other drawbacks too :D 1. privacy concerns -- they track every website/domain you visit
2. unknown domain redirection -- they redirect unknown domain lookups to search engines. This breaks some applications as they expect DNS queries to return "domain not found" instead. On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Chandan Gupta <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Abhishek Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 08/26/2011 09:32 PM, Chandan Gupta wrote: >> >> >> The DNS (Domain Name System) is the phonebook of the Internet. When you >> enter a website into a browser, it's DNS that finds the optimal machine to >> serve that website to you. Without it, browsing as we know it would not be >> possible. >> >> Open DNS serves 30 billion DNS requests to millions of customers every >> day, with plenty of capacity to spare. You have been probably using DNS >> service of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) which was default >> /etc/resolv.conf setting, but ISPs sometimes have notoriously unreliable and >> slow service. Switching to OpenDNS gives you best output. >> >> OpenDNS are: >> >> nameserver 208.67.222.222 >> nameserver 208.67.220.220 >> nameserver 208.67.222.220 >> nameserver 208.67.220.222 >> >> how to set up: >> >> edit /etc/resolv.conf file and change the nameserver. >> you can also alternatively add google's public DNS which are >> 8.8.8.8 >> 8.8.4.4 >> >> :) >> >> SOURCE<http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/08/fast-and-secure-internet-with-opendns.html> >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> >> Hi Chandan, >> Using OpenDNS is good, but it has some drawbacks as well: >> >> - Slow DNS queries >> - DNS resolution for far off IPs (in case of CDNs) >> >> Agreed! > >> >> - >> >> - >> >> But it has more advantages over disadvantages including you are safe from > DNS attacks. > > >> - >> Abhishek Singh >> FOSS Nepal Communityhttp://wiki.fossnepal.org >> >> > -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
